Why is the fourth month of the lunar calendar called snake month?

April of the lunar calendar is called the snake month because it is built and the corresponding zodiac is a snake, so April of the lunar calendar is called the snake month.

Other related1February construction:

Build Yin in the first month, Mao in February, Chen in March and Si in April.

It was built in May, not June, July and August.

Built in September, October, November and December.

The traditional moon building is based on the calendar month of the main branch, because the bucket building takes a year as the cycle, which is consistent with the return year of the earth's activities around the sun. The calendar takes solar terms as the key link, that is, silver moon starts from beginning of spring to Jingzhe, and so on.

Extended data:

One o'clock or twelve o'clock

When 23-0 1 is a child, 0 1-03 is ugly.

03-05 is Yin Shi, 05-07 is Shi Mao,

07-09 is the morning time, 09- 1 1 is the past time,

1 1- 13 is noon, and 13- 15 is inappropriate.

15- 17 is the application time, 17- 19 is the unitary time.

The point of 19-2 1 is a strange stone, and the point of 2 1-23 is a stone sea.

Second, the zodiac

Rats, ugly cows, silver tigers, hairy rabbits,

Dragons, snakes, afternoon horses, sheep,

Shen monkey, especially chicken, Gou dog, Hai pig.

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